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1 THE MOBILE MINISTRY WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN Ephesians 4: Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." Psalm 68:18. He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ. {This is the only occasion that the word poimenas has been translated pastors. In every other case it is translated shepherds}. Until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

2 It is not mere unity that is taught here but growth. God always takes the initiative. The first step in the redemptive process was, The Father sent His Son: John 3:16. After Our Lord and Savior finished the work His Father sent Him to do, He returned to heaven and sat down at His Father s right hand to begin interceding the Father on behalf of the saints. Then on Pentecost Sunday the Father fulfilled His pledge by sending the Holy Spirit as promised. When the Holy Spirit came He brought Spiritual gifts for all to profit by. 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 (NKJV) But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. As far as our acceptance with God is concerned a Christian is complete in Christ as soon as he believes. Rom 8: All sin has been forgiven and condemnation is gone. But while the work of Christ For us is perfect,

3 the work of the Holy Spirit In us is far from complete. It goes on daily and will continue to do so throughout all our lives Romans 8: Almost every figure by which Christians are described implies our need for growth and maturation. Even Paul could say, I count not myself to have apprehended, nor to be already perfect Philippians 3: To assist in this process the Lord has arranged some things for us to do, and done some others for us. 1. Within local congregations he has provided Elders and Deacons for the purpose of watching out for and serving the flock. 2. After Christ ascended and took His place at His Father s right hand He gave gifted men and women to His body on earth Ephesians 4: As elders feed and watch over the local flock, in like manner the Ephesians gifts equip, adjust, feed, and care for the Body. From His high and lofty place the ascended triumphant Christ began His heavenly ministry of prayer and intercession for His Body on earth. But equally as important He gave especially gifted servants to assist His Body to keep growing and maturing. He set them in His body as it pleased Him to do so. (This arrangement is unacceptable to many.) Unlike local oversight these gifted individuals were given to the Body at large, God having predetermined the circumference of their influence. Peter and James with

4 the Jerusalem brethren went to the circumcision, while Paul and Barnabas were sent to the Gentiles. These gifts are still being sent forth under the direction of the Holy Spirit by Christ, to be recognized, and hopefully received by His body, for the purpose of edifying it. In Eph 4: 8-16 Paul seeks to make the purpose for which these gifts are given clear. When we take into account the roles these individuals are to fulfill it becomes abundantly clear how vital they were deemed to be in the mind of the Savior who gave them; and how vehemently the enemy will seek to discredit them. We quickly realize the position of pastor singular has NO Biblical foundation, but more to the point this individual is a serious hindrance to the spiritual development of God s people. 1 Corinthians 12: 28 And God set some in the church, firstly, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers, then works of power, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, kinds of languages. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of power? (MKJV) Oh what resentment, bitterness and discontent is manifested as to position, which members occupy in the body. They forget that it does not say they have been placed as it pleases them. The Jerusalem Apostles and the Antioch Apostles were not unlike the Old Covenant Judges, who fulfilled a dual role; i.e. they were Prophets as well as Judges. In restoration, given due recognition,

5 apostles will operate in much the same way today as they did back then. We also see recorded named and nameless prophets in Acts and the Epistles. Barnabas was a Prophet who later became an Apostle. He was a Levite, called Joses Acts 4:36. Later he was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles, (which is, being interpreted, the son of consolation,) from the country of Cyprus. He was a Prophet, an Apostle and a companion of Paul, acts 9:27; 11:22-30; 12:35. Called Jupiter by the pagans acts 14: Separated from Paul through contention over Mark acts 15: 36-39, he was reconciled later to Paul in 1 Corinthians 9: 6. Paul was prophetic throughout his life. We have such a tendency to divide people into tidy little compartments that we often fail to see the diversity in the way that the Holy Spirit operated as needs arose. HOW DOES ALL THIS AFFECT ME? The present state of affairs is that the religious systems refuse to acknowledge that the Mobile Ministry as seen in the New Testament has any merit today. For them to receive these individuals into their gatherings would mean that massive changes would have to be made. The current professionals jealously maintain ridged control over their power base, which is people and property. The only kind of growth systems they are interested in is numerical. They surround themselves with tenets designed to protect and preserve their

6 movement from heresy, which seems to the rational mind to be a smart move. But these tenets quickly become impregnable walls beyond which restoration truth cannot penetrate. Isaiah 42:22-23 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivers; for a spoil, and none says restore. Who among you will give ear to this? Who will hearken and hear for the time to come? O Jerusalem Jerusalem that killed the prophets, and stoned them that are sent unto her. How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and I say unto you, ye shall not see me, until ye shall say, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. (Luke 13:34-35 ASV) This is applicable to all God s people today. We have come into family life for growth, not just numerical, but spiritual also; growing up into Him in all things. The immature can t reproduce. How important are these gifts of the risen Lord to His body? They are every bit as important as the prophets sent by God to Israel were.

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